Posted on 11/16/20
| News Source: WBAL
(NEW YORK) -- The United States surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases Sunday, less than a week after it reached 10 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
The U.S. leads the world in both cases and in deaths, with 246,006 fatalities, according to the data.
Saturday marked the eleventh consecutive day with over 100,000 COVID-19 cases recorded, health data showed. In the last week, the U.S. has reported a new weekly record of cases, with 989,825.
That means approximately one in every 331 Americans tested positive for COVID-19 this week.
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The U.S. case number crossed the 10 million mark on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins.
The country is currently averaging over 141,000 new coronavirus cases every day, which was a 38% jump in averages from the last week.
Since Nov. 1, the U.S. has reported over 1.7 million new cases. Read more at WBAL